Lobbying Relationship

Client

MEDTRONIC, INC.

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Lobbying firm

DUTKO WORLDWIDE, LLC

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  • Implementation of PPACA; HR 4872 (Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010); Advise client and advocate in opposition to legislation being developed to address federal preemption for medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers.
  • Implementation of PPACA.

Duration: to

General Issues: Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Torts

Spending: about $500,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate,, U.S. Senate, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House Office, Y Y Department of Health and Human Services; Executive Office of the President; House of Representatives; Senate

Bills mentioned

H.R.4872: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

Sponsor: John M. Spratt Jr. (D-S.C.)

S.301: Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.756: National Pain Care Policy Act of 2009

Sponsor: Lois Capps (D-Calif.)

S.660: National Pain Care Policy Act of 2009

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.3962: Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension...

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

H.R.3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.3200: America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

S.1679: Affordable Health Choices Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

S.1796: America's Healthy Future Act of 2009

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

S.2029: Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2007

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

S.3101: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

Sponsor: Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

H.R.6331: Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2994: National Pain Care Policy Act of 2008

Sponsor: Lois Capps (D-Calif.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Cecil Swamidoss Legal Intern, US Sen Spec Cmte on Aging (1998); Depty Inv., US Sen. Spec. Cmte on Aging (1999- 2001); Inv. Counsel, US Sen Cmte on Finance (2001); Inv. Counsel, US Sen Spec. Cmte on Aging (2001-2003); Senior Counsel, US Sen. Spec. Cmte on Aging (2004-2008).
David Beightol n/a
Cartier Esham n/a
Mark Irion n/a
Darren Willcox n/a
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Judith Lemons n/a
Judy Lemons n/a
Andy Wright n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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